Crime & Safety
Hearing Delayed in Alleged Beating Death of Murrieta Man
Jorge Alejandro Martinez allegedly attacked Sergio Corona June 20 with a rock and a tree branch, pummeling him to death. He then allegedly dumped the Murrieta man's remains in a planter behind a shop in the 200 block of North D Street in Perris.
With his attorney tied up on another case, a preliminary hearing was postponed today for a man accused of fatally beating an acquaintance, Sergio Corona, of Murrieta, whose body was dumped behind a Perris business.
is charged with murder and weapons use allegations in the June 20 death of 47-year-old Corona.
Martinez's attorney, A.C. Jones, informed Riverside County Superior Court Judge Becky Dugan today that he was in the middle of another case and requested a one-month postponement for Martinez's preliminary hearing, which will determine whether there's sufficient evidence to try the defendant.
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Dugan reset the hearing for Nov. 4.
Martinez is being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside.
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The defendant allegedly attacked Corona with a rock and a tree branch, pummeling him to death. Martinez then allegedly dumped the Murrieta man's remains in a planter behind a shop in the 200 block of North D Street.
Martinez was identified as a suspect and following a two-week investigation by sheriff's homicide detectives.
No motive has been disclosed.
--City News Service
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